Metallic shoe lace tip



June 16,1931. R. F. GOOD 1,810,602

METALLIC SHOE LACE TIP Filed March 4. 1930 Patented June 16, 1931 UNITEDs'rarss BAY F. GOOD, OF LYKENS, PENNSYLVANIA METALLIC SHOE LACE m 1?Application filed March 4,

This invention relates to an improved permanent metallic tip for shoelaces and the like.

Heretofore it has been found that the tips of shoe laces, which areeither of wire which is wrapped about the end portion of the lace, orare of resilient sheet metal bent to engage the lace, soon become lostor mutilated so that much difiiculty is experienced in passing the endportion of the lace through the eyelet of a shoe or the like.

One object of the invention is, therefore, to provide a lace tip whichwill not become separated from the lace and which cannot be easilymutilated.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this characteremploying wires of various lengths which are bent to form asubstantially conical tip, which wires are surrounded by a protectingcover.

A further object of the invention is to provide a lace tip which will bea sealed un t when in operative position.

Still further objects of the invention not specifically mentioned in theforegoing, will appear during the course of the following descript-ion.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the tip in position upon a lace.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showingthewires extending through thelace and before being bent. v

Figure 3 is a perspective view showing the wires bent and twisted toform a conical skeleton.

Figure 4 is an enlarged side elevation showing the protectingcover'before being bent to shape.

Figure 5 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional view of the complete tip.

Figure 6 is an enlarged vertical sectional view on the line 66 of Figure5.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 indicates aportion of a conventional lace such as is employed in connection withshoes, corsets, and the like. The edges of the lace are turned inwardlyupon themselves and meet to form a substantially conical end portion 2.

193Q. Serial No. 433,127.

Extending through the conical end portion of the lace and disposed atangular relations to each other are resilient wires 8, 4 and 5 which areof different lengths, the wire 3 being slightly longer than the wire 4and said wire 4 being slightly longer than the wire 5. As clearlyillustrated in Figure 3 of the drawings, the wires are bent forwardlypast the end portion2 of the lace and the free ends of such wires aretwisted together, or, if desired, the ends ofthe wires may simplyoverlie each other and need not be twisted together. As the wires are ofdifferent lengths, a substantially' conical skeleton will be formed,and, furthermore, as said wires are in engagement with the lace, it willbe impossible for the skeleton to become detached from said lace as longas such lace is intact.

Surrounding the skeleton and the end portion 2 of the lace is aresilient sheet metal protecting cover 6 which is bent and pressed intoconical shape with a relatively small opening formed in the outer end. 1I

The wires 3, 4 and 5, as well as the cover 6, are preferably coated sothat solder will adhere more effectually thereto and after the cover isapplied the device is dipped in solder, which is preferably of arelatively low melting v point so that burning of the lace will beprevented. The solderis permitted to circulate about the skeletonbetween the strands of the skeleton as well as between said skeleton andthe cover and also to adhere to the fabric of the lace, therebyeffectually anchoring those parts in assembled unitary relation, whileany looseness between the parts will be prevented, and the tip formedinto a solid'unitary structure. Furthermore, the solder will form acoating externally of the cover permanently uniting the longitudinaledges of the cover at the seam therein. Thus it can be readily seen thata lace tip has been provided which will be permanent.

What is claimed is:

l. A device of the class described including, in combination with alace, a skeleton anchored thereto, said skeleton comprising a pluralityof strands, and p a cover for said skeleton.

2. A device of the class described including, Mn

in combination with a lace, a skeleton anchored to said lace, a coverfor said skeleton, and means uniting said skeleton and cover as a unit.

3. A-deVice of the class described including, in combination with alace, a wire extending through the lace and bent to form a skeleton,protecting means embracing the skeleton, and means uniting the skeletonand protecting means as a unit. I

4:. A device of the class described including, in combination With alace, a wire extending through the end portion of said lace-and bent toform a skeleton, a protecting cover surrounding the skeleton and the endportion of the lace, and means uniting said skeleton with said cover andfilling the cover, v

5. A lace tip including, in combination With the end portion of a lace,a plurality of Wires of different lengths extending through said endportion of the lace and bent to provide a forwardly disposed conicalskeleton, protecting means for the skeleton, and means uniting theskeleton with said protecting means as a unit.

6. A lace tip including, in combination with a lace, a conical skeletonengaging the lace, a conical protecting cover for said skeleton, andmeans anchoring the skeleton and cover as a unit.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

RAY F. GOOD. [L.s.]

